My Father's Shadow leads BIFA race

My Father's Shadow

Akinola Davies Jr.’s coming of age story My Father's Shadow has taken the lead in this year's BIFA nominations, with a total of 12. It's closely followed by Pillion, with 10, and I Swear, with 9.

The award for Best Ensemble Performance has already been given to Warfare and its stars D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton. The rest of the awards will be presented at a ceremony in London on 16 January.

Those nominations in full:

Best British Independent Film

• The Ballad Of Wallis Island
• I Swear
• My Father’s Shadow
• Pillion
• Urchin

Best Director

• Laura Carreira, On Falling
• Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow
• Kirk Jones, I Swear
• Harry Lighton, Pillion
• Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love

Best Screenplay

• Tom Basden & Tim Key, The Ballad Of Wallis Island
• Laura Carreira, On Falling
• Wale Davies, My Father’s Shadow
• Kirk Jones, I Swear
• Harry Lighton, Pillion

Best Lead Performance

• Robert Aramayo, I Swear
• Frank Dillane, Urchin
• David Jonsson, Wasteman
• Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
• Harry Melling, Pillion
• Cillian Murphy, Steve

Best Supporting Performance

• Tom Blyth, Wasteman
• Scott Ellis Watson, I Swear
• Jay Lycurgo, Steve
• Peter Mullan, I Swear
• Maxine Peake, I Swear
• Alexander Skarsgard, Pillion

Best Joint Lead Performance

• Ebada Hassan & Saffiya Ingar, Brides
• Tim Key & Tom Basden, The Ballad Of Wallis Island
• Andrea Riseborough & Brenda Blethyn, Dragonfly

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

• Laura Carreira, On Falling
• Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow
• Harris Dickinson, Urchin
• Harry Lighton, Pillion
• Cal McMau, Wasteman

Breakthrough Producer

• Wyn Baptiste, Shoot The People
• Charlotte Knowles, Palestine Comedy Club
• Joann Kushner, LifeHack
• Dhiraj Mahey, Ish
• Archie Pearch, Urchin

Breakthrough Performance

• Scott Ellis Watson, I Swear
• Ebada Hassan, Brides
• Safiyya Ingar, Brides
• Posy Sterling, Lollipop
• Connor Tompkins, The Son And The Sea

Best Début Screenwriter

• Hunter Andrews, Eoin Doran, Wasteman
• Tom Basden, Tim Key, The Ballad Of Wallis Island
• Laura Carreira, On Falling
• Wale Davies, My Father’s Shadow
• Harry Lighton, Pillion

Best Debut Director — Feature Documentary

• Myrid Carten, A Want in Her
• Cecile Embleton & Alys Tomlinson, Mother Vera
• Victoria Mapplebeck, Motherboard

The Raindance Maverick Award

• Foul Evil Deeds
• Holloway
• Mother Vera
• Motherboard
• A Want In Her

Best Feature Documentary

• Antidote
• Mother Vera
• Motherboard
• The Shepherd And The Bear
• A Want In Her

Best British Short Film

• Flock
• Magid/Zafar
• A Sisphyean Task
• Stomach Bug
• Two Black Boys In Paradise

Best International Independent Film

• It Was Just An Accident
• Sentimental Value
• Sirāt
• Sorry, Baby
• Sound Of Falling

Best Casting

• Brides
• Urchin
• Warfare
• I Swear
• Steve

Best Cinematography

• H Is For Hawk
• My Father’s Shadow
• Mother Vera
• Die My Love
• A Pale View Of Hills

Best Costume Design

• 100 Nights Of Hero
• Tornado
• Pillion
• A Pale View Of Hills
• My Father’s Shadow

Best Editing

• LifeHack
• My Father’s Shadow
• Warfare
• One To One: John & Yoko
• Pillion

Best Effects

• Warfare
• Die My Love
• The Thing With Feathers

Best Music Supervision

• Wasteman
• Die My Love
• Urchin

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

• My Father’s Shadow
• Pillion
• Warfare
• Die My Love
• 100 Nights Of Hero

Best Original Music

• The Ballad Of Wallis Island
• Anemone
• Tornado
• My Father’s Shadow
• Ocean With David Attenborough

Best Production Design

• My Father’s Shadow
• Warfare
• Die My Love
• Harvest
• 100 Nights Of Hero

Best Sound

• Anemone
• Die My Love
• Ish
• My Father’s Shadow
• Warfare